The Reverend Harry Dixon Longbottom (1886–1962) was a British Baptist Minister and politician who served as Lord Mayor of Liverpool.

Biography

Longbottom was born in Yorkshire in 1886. He was elected to Liverpool City Council on 1 December 1925 as Conservative Protestant for Breckfield Ward. In 1926 he lost his seat by only 46 votes but regained a council place for St. Domingo ward on 31 October 1930.

Harry Dixon Longbottom

He stood as a Liverpool Protestant Party candidate unsuccessfully for Kirkdale in the 1931 general election. He tried again unsuccessfully in 1935. He was elected as an Alderman in 1935.

Harry Dixon Longbottom

He served as Lord Mayor of Liverpool from 1950-51.

Harry Dixon Longbottom

See also

1925 Liverpool City Council election

1930 Liverpool City Council election

1935 Liverpool City Council election

Liverpool City Council

Mayors and Lord Mayors of Liverpool 1207 to present

References

Mayors of Liverpool

1886 births

1962 deaths

English Protestant ministers and clergy